CVE-2010-0232

HIGH CISA KEV

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

Published: Jan 21, 2010 Modified: Apr 22, 2026

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3

Attack Vector: LOCAL Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: LOW User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (4)

Vendor	Product	Version
microsoft	windows_2000	-
microsoft	windows_7	-
microsoft	windows_xp	-
microsoft	windows_xp	-

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xprh-x7hf-54qr

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP...

References (29)

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx Broken Link
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.html Broken Link
http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip Broken Link, Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38265 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023471 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509106/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37864 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0179 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-015 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55742 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8344 Broken Link
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx Broken Link

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.8 / 10

EPSS Score 75.54%

Top 1% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 83.9 / 100

CISA Known Exploited

Date Added: 2022-03-03

Due Date: 2022-03-24

Required Action:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Data Sources

NVD CISA KEV EPSS GitHub